It is difficult to get intelligent motion control with flexibility and precision out of low-cost pneumatic cylinders. You could use servos, but that adds cost and complexity. An alternative, the ...

Hydraulics is great for lifting heavy loads and applying large amounts of force, but the same power that is required to exert a large amount of lifting or compression force can also do damage or ...

Modular rack-and-pinion reducers with output pinions preloaded against the rack make it possible to design zero-backlash machining installations, even with long-axis travels and positioning over the ...

A research team led by Professor Kaiji Sato (Robotics and Mechatronics Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Toyohashi University of Technology) revealed a method for designing with ease ...